Experience Summary

• Worked in various business applications such as Banking and Health care.
• Over 10 Years of IT Experience in software development on Mainframe Technology.
• Primarily involved in Software Analysis, Design, Development, and Production Support, Metrics Tracking and Reporting using mainframe applications.
• Extensive experience in Requirements Gathering, Writing Technical and Business requirements, Application Design, Business process work Flow, Issue Resolution, User Acceptance Testing, Post Implementation deployment and 24x7 Production Support, Enhancements and Conversion of applications.
• Extensive experience in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 concepts in all aspects of the Software Development life cycle SDLC including UAT User Acceptance Testing .
• Hands on experience in onsite-offshore coordination and has good knowledge in offshore-onsite model.
• Actively took part in the Process Documentation, Project oriented induction of new resources. Involved in the Project planning and Design of estimates for incoming Customer Service Requests and enhancements.
• Extensive experience in Handling Client communication. Good exposure to Quality process /standards. Participated in audits.
• Strong skills in Unit testing and writing the Unit test plan Unit Test Cases, System Integration Test Plan SIT . Proficient in using Endeavor, Xpeditor, File Manager, RDz debugger, File Aid, SPUFI, and other tools.
• Conversant with SEI-CMM Level-5 quality procedures while executing the project.

Technical Summary

• Languages : COBOL, JCL, SQL
• Database : DB2, VSAM, MS access
• OS : Z/OS, OS/390, MVS, MS-DOS and Windows 98/00/NT/XP
• Tools : XPEDITOR, SPUFI, QMF, ENDEVOR, Revision Management system
• RMS , File AID, File Manager, RDz, Panvalet
• Abend Aid, IDCAMS,Peregrine, HP service manager, MS Visio
• Data Access Methods : SPUFI, QMF, VSAM and SQL.
• Testing : Unit Testing, Functional verification testing FVT , Integration
• Testing, Performance testing, Regression testing, UAT Testing, Black
• Box Testing, HP Quality Center

Professional Experience

Confidential

• Project Type : Enhancement
• Environment : Mainframe

Role : Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Onsite Coordinator for Fire Master Record Applications.
• Gathering Business Requirements by interacting with clients.
• Meeting the clients to review project status and to discuss planned future project activities.
• Analysis and Estimation of Business Requirements
• Preparation of traceability metrics of Requirements.
• Preparation of Functional Specification document.
• Preparation of Design document.
• Preparation of Unit Test Plan.
• Preparation of System Test Plan.
• Construction as per the design documents prepared.
• Version management of constructed code and deployment in different regions.
• Testing the code as per test plans prepared.
• Conducting Unit testing and System testing.
• Providing application support, problem analysis and bug fix.
• Doing a causal analysis for all the defects and providing the resolution for the same.
• Allocating tasks to offshore with respect to functional and technical perspective based on the client's priority.
• Issuing a new policy
• User initiated changes to an existing policy
• System initiated changes to an existing policy.
• Cancellation/termination of an existing policy.

Technical Environment: COBOL, JCL, MVS, DB2, IMS DB, VSAM, File Manager, RDz

Confidential

Project Type : Enhancement

Environment : Mainframe/Xide

Role : Team lead

Responsibilities:

• Impact analysis of conversion from XGEN to COBOL
• Design, coding and Unit testing of converting Code from Xgen language Unisys mainframe to COBOL DB2 program
• Involve Create DB2 Store Procedures
• Performance tuning of DB2 queries using platinum analyzer
• Performed Unit testing, SIT testing, UAT Testing for Enhancement Work
• Test Plan, Test Case Creation for this project
• Defect tracking using HP quality center
• IMB-DB, DB2 Bug Fix and Analysis using Expediter tool
• Involved in CMM Level Internal Audit ,QA Process
• Worked on Knowledge Transfer and Documentation
• This project deals with
• Converting the 5-byte provider number to 7-byte.
• 837 transaction professional claims as per new HIPAA act
• 835 transaction Remittance advice as per new HIPAA act

Technical Environment :COBOL, JCL, MVS, DB2, LOAD, BMS,VSAM, Filed Aid and TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, PLATINUM,SPUFI, ZEKE, MS-VISIO, EXPEDITOR, QMF, SQL's Stored Procedures, IDCAMS, Endevor

Confidential

Environment : Mainframe

Role : Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creation of New DB2 tables for rebate processing
• Prepared Technical Specifications for New requirement
• Worked on Coding SAS and COBOL and Unit testing for producing new Quarterly reports for SOX audit for each account type that received rebate
• Initial analysis of the requirement for feasibility
• Involved in Regression testing, UAT Testing of all the applications.
• Review and prepared of Test Plans and Test results
• Ensure the adherence of the process to the CMM Levels quality standards
• Working towards on time delivery with defect free work products
• Software configuration using Endevor
• Timely escalation of issues
• Interacting with onsite and client
• Production implementation support

Technical Environment :COBOL, JCL, MVS, DB2, LOAD, BMS,VSAM, Filed Aid and TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, PLATINUM,SPUFI, ZEKE, MS-VISIO, EXPEDITOR, QMF, SQL's Stored Procedures, IDCAMS, Endevor

Confidential

Environment : Mainframe

Role : Team member

Responsibilities:

• Performance testing of the jobs that are imported from SunGard to Wells Fargo.
• Interface testing IST for the files that are sent across various applications from and to HELMS.
• Region setup for IST testing.
• BCP testing involving the region set up for BCP.
• Analysis of the process involved in HELMS application
• Test plan preparation for the tests involved for IST and BCP testing
• Execution of the jobs in IST region
• Interface testing to see various applications are impacted only in the right way after HELMS migration.
• Execution of test cases in HPQC.
• Defect tracking on CDTS and monitor to closure
• Onsite interaction for issue tracking and status updates.

Technical Environment: Application Lifecycle Management Version11 ALM , JCL, VSAM's, ISPF

Confidential

Environment : Mainframe

Role : Team member

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a key person on member's project and worked in ABEND analysis, and provided the best solution to fix the High occurrence ABEND.
• As a key team member, involved in Development, Testing and Baseline Production Support activities in member application.
• Handled knowledge sharing session and guidance sessions for trainees in the project.
• Coordinated with onsite in resolving critical production issues.
• Handled Production Support for Members application everyday by fixing jobs within the SLA times.
• Played a key role in coordinating the activities, understanding the existing business requirement and translating them into design specifications.
• As a team member, involved in the activities of Analysis, Design, Development, Unit integration testing, Implementation and extended support to Post-Implementation.
• Understanding the business requirements of the End User.
• High level design using MS Visio
• Specification Low Level Design Creation for new Requirement and Enhancement
• Worked in Coding new programs in COBOL, DB2, VSAM.
• Involved in Unit testing, System testing, Regression testing
• Worked on QMF report Creation for SQL testing

Technical Environment: COBOL-II, JCL, MVS, DB2, VSAM File Aid, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, EXPEDITOR, QMF